Shakuhachi is a traditional Japanese longitudinal bamboo flute. The sonorous intonation of singing, deep yet delicate breathing, and Japanese sound aesthetics that reach the periphery: the shakuhachi. an instrument that symbolizes Japan. finally joins the Virtuoso family of Japanese TV series.
- Accurately captures the sparkling sounds of a skilled shakuhachi player, covering every playing technique and recorded with meticulous attention to detail at every musical interval.
- Features actuators developed specifically for this library to recreate the full dynamics of this wind instrument, from the softest note to the most expressive pitch.
- A unique key trigger function allows the performer to move through a colorful set of articulations without ever breaking into sound.
Legato and grace note controls reproduce complex fingering techniques such as atari, uchi, and oshi. - A breath control function allows the performer to manipulate the duration from breath noise to actual tone with any controller.
- The expression knob changes tone color in a natural, continuous manner, without gradation.
A hybrid combination of shakuhachi (1.8 shakuhachi) and shakuhachi 2.3 provides a wider register, including lower tones and more color variations. - Create traditional shakuhachi pitch scales as well as player-specific pitch scales with the scale tuning function, which provides individual note settings from G2 to B5.
- Five phrase banks contain a wide range of basic shakuhachi phrases.
- Lively, powerful sounds sampled in full 24-bit 96 kHz precision (the library itself contains 24-bit 44.1 kHz samples).
- Create your own mixes with multi-mic samples and a dedicated mixer with individual controls for direct, overhead, room and stereo mixing.
- Compatible with NKS ready and Kontakt Player.
